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CD at first thought GHD should not answer Haughton [see 10689], but Hooker thinks if no correction is made Haughton’s error will be quoted for 20 years. CD is now inclined to agree.
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CD believes few or none have attributed deaf-mutism to consanguineous marriages.
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Asks for sketches of [Thalia] pistil, in which he is much interested.
Rejoices that "Lagrange’s case does not seem very bad".
CD is working hard at dissecting Thalia. Has recovered some handiness with microscope.
Thanks GHD for his drawings [of Thalia]. Some parts need attention.
Writes to say that the point on which he thought GHD’s drawings were mistaken proves to be an error in his own observation.
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He and Emma rejoice that GHD’s mathematical troubles are at an end. It is miraculous that he unconsciously followed the right course – like composing a sonata by a fluke.
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Rejoices that he should have "staggered" William Thomson so quickly and that the latter should speak of GHD’s "discovery". The internal heat [of the earth] will please geologists and evolutionists.
Forwards pamphlet (Jules Carret 1878) to GHD.
Delighted with [William Thomson’s] report. "There can be no doubt now about the value of your work." CD has "not been so much pleased for a long time".
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